Do you feel like you’re on a hamster wheel, doing your very best but the wheel never seems to slow down? Why do you think that is?

I can tell you what I think part of the issue is.

We have so much information bombarding us it can be difficult to sort out what’s important to pay attention to and what’s not. When I watch television for instance, which constitutes the Tennis Channel and HGTV, I’m watching a lot of commercials. In a one-hour HGTV show, there are at least 15-25 minutes worth of commercials. This is all fodder for the mind.

You may think you’re not paying attention, but I can assure you, all that stuff is going into your subconscious and hanging out. One night I actually woke up humming the tune for a diabetes medication. Crazy, right?

Gregg Braden said in a recent post that growth can be an exciting and liberating process. I agree with that whole heartedly. And, I will add that it can also be challenging, difficult, gut wrenching and just plan hard.

How can something that can tear us to pieces simultaneously be exciting and liberating?

How can something that is exciting and liberating simultaneously tear us to pieces?

I think we humans can make things harder than they need to be because we're not fond of change. We don’t like rocking the boat. We put up with a life of struggle or we manage, not living the life we hoped for, because it feels easier to stay the same than to get messy.

I have an upcoming trip to California for my niece’s wedding and that has been taking up a lot of my mental and emotional energy. Not that I've been thinking about the warm weather or walks on the beautiful Santa Barbara beaches. No. I've been focusing on the outfit I needed to put together for the wedding. For months.

I went shopping for an outfit and didn’t find one thing that I would consider wearing. My only option was to take the tea-length dress I bought for another niece’s wedding, that I didn’t end up wearing because it made me look like a moose, and use the fabric to make a skirt.

I recently learned about a newsletter called Morning Brew. I'm not a fan of the news, but I've found the style of this newsletter is informative and I can sift through it pretty easily. Plus, they offer a little puzzle each day, except Sunday's.

The other morning I was reading their top story and it gave me a chuckle. Here's a screen shot:

I personally won't be using any of these sign-offs, but you have to admit they're pretty funny.What may not seem funny is how rapidly IA seems to be moving into our lives and in some cases creating fear that it will take over in diabolical ways.